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This community inspired me to buy and restore my first hand planes (imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A few weeks ago I posted here asking about buying a first hand plane and if it was worth dropping ~$400 on a Lie-Nielsen one.

After all of your comments about getting an old Stanley I kept an eye on Craigslist, Ebay, and FB Marketplace for a little bit and ended up finding someone selling a collection of pre-WWII Stanley planes about an hour north of me. Including, specifically, a 4-1/2 and a 5-1/2 which was exactly what I wanted.

Knowing that the 1/2 sizes were less common than the round numbers and since the guy was local I jumped on it and ended up buying both for $40/each. The linked to album is the before and after of the 5-1/2 after cleaning it up. It's all tuned up and works beautifully. All in, I'm at $80 for two planes, $15 for cleaning materials, and $35 for a whetstone sharpening kit; way cheaper than a new Lie-Nielsen and I got two planes! Thanks everyone!

https://imgur.com/a/AoABAsI

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[–] jasparagus 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ok, I got an imgur warning for erotic or adult imagery. I'm assuming that was intentional, OP, because it was a dangerously good deal? The planes look great!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, that's odd, I don't have them marked as NSFW. Imgur has been weird with that stuff since they decided to ban nude content a few months ago.

[–] jasparagus 1 points 1 year ago

Gotcha; well I laughed anyway :)